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Bee health: the treatment (or not) of bee pests and diseases Moderators: bilbehr, Barbara, stevecook172001, WileyHunter, moderators Users browsing this forum: None		Goto page 1, 2 Next
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	Sticky: Why did my bees die?	3	biobee	14629	Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:55 am catchercradle
	Sticky: Condensation and varroa! Missing link to survivalists [ Goto page: 1 ... 6, 7, 8 ]	228	zaunreiter	677343	Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:06 pm Odisej
	Sticky: My IPM	21	Norm	74235	Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:49 pm CharlieBnoobee
	Asian hornet muzzles	0	charentejohn	2295	Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:23 am charentejohn
	Plastic hive floors - better for hygene ?	5	charentejohn	5754	Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:16 pm BobTheBuilder
	Bee	2	susi385	2798	Sat Dec 28, 2019 10:29 am charentejohn
	Small Hive beetle in Italy	18	SimonT	39640	Thu Dec 19, 2019 2:20 pm susi385
	Icing sugar treatment for varroa mites	16	yellowbelly	22999	Sun Dec 15, 2019 2:00 pm charentejohn
	Update: Easy feeder/pest control system	14	JGW07	27915	Sun Sep 22, 2019 6:13 pm JGW07
	Varroa Detection - data collection	1	Kirtsim	5311	Wed Aug 28, 2019 3:20 pm Kalypso
	What size entrance excludes Asian Hornet	2	charentejohn	3850	Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:15 pm charentejohn
	Possible EFB	2	00buzzbee	3659	Tue May 21, 2019 8:21 am 00buzzbee
	Asian Hornet in UK [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	58	BridgetB	80645	Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:35 pm charentejohn
	DWV detected - what to do?	2	Nanny Ogg	4556	Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:24 am Nanny Ogg
	Bee Guardian?Workabel or con	5	Justin	10746	Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:48 am trekmate
	Varroa treatment.	8	Nicola Thomas	15977	Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:37 pm catchercradle
	[ Poll ] Effectiveness of VSH trait?	2	Boarbuster	6352	Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:25 am Barbara
	Anyone using Creosote Bush Smoke for Varroa? Other organic?	5	Labow	8394	Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:38 pm Labow
	Varroa carcasses	2	.Mêl	5816	Tue Sep 12, 2017 7:25 am .Mêl
	Undecided	4	.Mêl	8529	Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:39 pm .Mêl
	Brood being brought out that are unhealthy	8	Melcbee	10176	Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:18 am Barbara
	icing sugar containing starch	2	marianbreeze	6906	Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:42 am jetam
	Beevital Hive clean substitution	0	jetam	6561	Fri May 19, 2017 10:22 am jetam
	How to save the frame from the wax moth	0	Ukrainian beekeeper	6471	Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:17 pm Ukrainian beekeeper
	Varroa treatment with MAQS	6	narustin	12228	Sat Oct 08, 2016 2:21 pm catchercradle
	Wax moth	7	SamH	12173	Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:55 am Barbara
	Oxalic acid evaporators	5	AndyC	11890	Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:12 am zaunreiter
	Who on biobees is treatment-free? [ Goto page: 1 ... 3, 4, 5 ]	134	Che Guebuddha	316831	Mon Aug 08, 2016 2:27 pm Thebigflyin
	Feeling sad!	5	BridgetB	11557	Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:32 pm BridgetB
	Extensive outbreak of dysentary in apiary	6	Barbara	11005	Thu Jun 02, 2016 7:28 am mefgbee
	Tomato leaves repel ants even from inside the hive	0	M&M	6218	Mon May 09, 2016 11:26 pm M&M
	work on microbes - link to honey bee health!!! [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	40	zaunreiter	94756	Sat May 07, 2016 6:06 am zaunreiter
	Hoverfly	1	augold	7343	Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:00 am SamH
	How to clean hive after nosema?	1	luk_lak	8450	Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:31 am Barbara
	Diet-dependent gene expression in honey bees: honey vs. sucr	2	Che Guebuddha	13798	Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:20 am catchercradle
	New study on 'Type A' and 'Type B' DWV	0	Che Guebuddha	9624	Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:31 am Che Guebuddha
	SHB - how long before they show up?	1	IanT	8922	Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:41 am Balamut
	Sugar versus honey. Winner: honey	5	zaunreiter	14672	Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:26 am Balamut
	Wanted - Treatment-free beekeeping speaker	0	laurencet	6755	Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:01 pm laurencet
	BeeVital HiveClean: good or bad?	11	luk_lak	24401	Thu May 21, 2015 6:30 am trekmate
	Varroa Control: Areas w/ year-round brood rearing	15	EricConcE	30203	Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:45 pm Dexter's shed
	[ Poll ] Invert syrup	3	PCHELIT	14463	Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:59 pm BBC
	Organic acid resistance?	10	EricConcE	18793	Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:31 pm Che Guebuddha
	Bee Dysentery?	2	SueBee	10305	Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:39 pm SueBee
	Flowers of Sulfur and Diatomaceous Earth as Varroa control	2	Che Guebuddha	10715	Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:31 pm Robert
	Micro-biome in Honeybee colony - or why to stop treating bee	8	Che Guebuddha	15858	Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:32 am zaunreiter
	varroa predator	21	Barry Jackson	54550	Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:42 am Che Guebuddha
	Study: Abscisic acid enhances the immune response	9	zaunreiter	19247	Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:17 am BBC
	Gareths tymol string varroa treatment?	2	Tavascarow	11638	Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:40 am Tavascarow
	correlation in winter losses	4	zaunreiter	21127	Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:49 pm zaunreiter
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Quality Top Bar Hives by Andrew Vidler

Conserving wild bees

Research suggests that bumble bee boxes have a very low success rate in actually attracting bees into them. We find that if you create an environment where first of all you can attract mice inside, such as a pile of stones, a drystone wall, paving slabs with intentionally made cavities underneath, this will increase the success rate.

Most bumble bee species need a dry space about the size a football, with a narrow entrance tunnel approximately 2cm in diameter and 20 cm long. Most species nest underground along the base of a linear feature such as a hedge or wall. Sites need to be sheltered and out of direct sunlight.

There is a spectacular display of wild bee hotels here

More about bumblebees and solitary bees here

Information about the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)